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contains systematic commentaries to the tractates of
Tohorot (except for Niddah which is an integral part of Babylonian and Jerusalem Talmud as well), as these laws had little practical relevance after the destruction of the Temple. However, the laws are discussed many times in other tractates, and
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of the Hebrew Bible is generally translated as "uncleanness" in
English language Bibles such as the KJV, and JPS Tanakh. The majority of uses are in Leviticus. Though uses for national impurity occur in Ezra and Ezekiel, and Zechariah prophesies the removal of the "prophets and spirit of impurity
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Some of these activities are forbidden (i.e. eating non-kosher meat), others are permitted (i.e. sex between a married couple), and others are unavoidable (i.e. if a person dies suddenly while other people are in the house). Thus, there is no automatic moral stigma to becoming "impure"; impurity
1120:- the body of a land animal which died without ritual slaughter; the body of a non-kosher land animal which died in any manner; a kosher bird which died without ritual slaughter receives this status in relation to its consumption but not its touch
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Just as it is a severe offense to bring impurity into the
Israelite sanctuary, "impurity" is also seen as a means of nullifying a worship site of other religions; though the rules for this impurity are not made clear.
998:
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551:, see below) it is generally immeasurable and unquantifiable by known mechanical detection methods, there is no measure of filth, unsanitary, or odorous affiliation with the state of
523:, by contrast, is defined as "pure" in the sense that the person or object is in a clear state and can/may potentially serve as a conduit for Divine and Godly manifestation. Although
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2006 - 277 "For the conceptual background of rabbinic conceptions of cleanliness and uncleanliness, including the relation of these concepts to moral conditions"
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2002 Page 166 "This spirit is the spirit of impurity, as it is written, 'And I will also make the "prophets" and the unclean spirit vanish from the land' (
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requires waiting seven days, shaving one's hair, washing one's clothes, immersing one's body, and offering a Temple sacrifice to achieve purification.
1153:- a menstruant woman; a man who has had sex with such a woman; the woman's blood, spit, and urine; objects which she has sat, reclined, or rode upon
2288:, Damai 2:2 - המקבל עליו ארבעה דברים מקבלין אותו להיות חבר שלא ליתן תרומות ומעשרות לעם הארץ ושלא יעשה טהרות אצל עם הארץ ושיהא אוכל חולין בטהרה.
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The rabbis describe a hierarchy of levels of impurity. In general, each level can result from touch by the level above it. The levels are:
1055:(a "friend" or "fellow" with whom the rabbis could eat without risk of violating purity laws), and according to some, the main criterion.
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Before the giving of the Ten
Commandments, the people were warned not to approach their wives (presumably due to semen causing impurity).
985:(except on those occasions when one must visit the Temple, or touch holy objects), and thus there is no obligation to attempt to remain
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discouraged abstaining from any object made impure by a menstruating woman in modern times, with the exception for unique individuals.
911:. However, S.M. Olyan argues that this expulsion was inspired by earlier biblical traditions regarding both ritual and moral impurity.
2149:. Full text: בשורה התחתונה, הדעה הרווחת בראשונים היא שאין איסור להיטמא, ולא חובה להיטהר, כל עוד לא נמצאים במגע עם עולם של מקדש וקדשיו.
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Following the destruction of the Second Temple, ritual impurity status ceased to have practical consequences, with the exception of
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One who is impure due to a corpse could not visit the sanctuary without making it spiritually impure, which is a crime punished by
2248:, Shabbat 1:3 page 8b: "רבי חייא רובא מפקד לרב: אין את יכול מיכול כל שתא חולין בטהרה אכול. ואם לאו תהא אכילת שבעה יומין מן שתא."
345: in Hebrew) until undergoing predefined purification actions that usually include the elapse of a specified time-period.
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ed. Jacob
Neusner - 1993 "P. If the Israelites were half clean and half unclean, these prepare the offering by themselves, ...
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to Exodus 22:30 translated "You shall be holy men to me" as "You shall be holy men, tasting non-Temple food in purity, to me".
646:("sanctity"), also known as "impurity of the soul"; this category also includes activities which are disgusting or abominable.
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period (while retaining a prohibition on sexual conduct). The traditional view retained the applicability of the concepts of
1582:'s ruling: R. Lo, if half of the Israelites were clean and half unclean, the clean ones observe the first Passover and the"
492:) "to be ritually pure". and in the transitive piel "to purify". The verb and noun have a corresponding adjective,
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to be impure by rabbinic law. This seemingly strange law had a practical purpose: it discouraged Jews from storing their
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is also used to refer to certain sins, for which there is no specific ritual to remove the impure status. For example:
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produce alongside Torah scrolls, which attracted mice and caused the Torah scrolls to be nibbled on as well.
753:), are impure. A person who touches them, or who touches their chair, or vessels that they touch, is impure.
508:(pronounced almost identically, with the elongation of the second 'a') which has the same meaning in Islam.
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no longer applicable, and permitted spouses to touch each other in a manner similar to siblings during the
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1613:. 2008 Vol. 115 - Page 352 citing Helmer Ringgren in Bolterweck Theological Dictionary of the OT
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on
Genesis 7:2, claim that the meaning is "entombed", meaning the person or item that is in the
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to defile something or pronounce something impure. The verb stem has a corresponding adjective,
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Olyan, S. M. (2004). Purity ideology in Ezra-Nehemiah as a tool to reconstitute the community.
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1189:, and in the purification period after recovery; a garment or house infected by
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Hayes, C. (1999). Intermarriage and impurity in ancient Jewish sources.
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Netilat yadayim shel shaharit: Ritual of crisis or dedication?
1630:). Water of purification is sprinkled upon him, and it flees."
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Searching for meaning in Midrash: lessons for everyday living
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A man or woman with an unnatural emission from the genitals (
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The Talmud of Babylonia: An American Translation IV: Pesahim
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to tend to a dead person, even though this causes impurity.
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in the sense of "ritual impurity" is prefixed by the letter
612:) "be pure", is used first in the Hebrew Bible is in
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This article is presented as a compilation of the laws of
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368:; ritually pure person or object) to be used for
234:, as recorded in the Torah and Rabbinic literature. For
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upon which falls one of these carcasses becomes impure.
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Sexual sins such as incest, adultery, rape, bestiality
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State of being ritually "impure" and "pure" in Judaism
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A utensil designed for sitting which was sat on by a
683:, lists various activities which create an "impure" (
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Gesher: Yeshiva University Journal of Jewish Studies
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A niddah hut (Mergem Gogo) at the Jewish village of
840:Impurity from touching a corpse requires a special
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Priests could only eat sacrificial meat while pure.
484:) is also derived from a verb, in this case
420:, and to a limited extent are a part of applicable
2165:, v.8 p.36-72 (1981); see p.39 and footnotes 35-36
1539:(Islam), Arabic word for the same concept in Islam
1436:have endorsed multiple views about the concept of
945:clarifies that, in addition to all of Israel, the
623:is used in two distinct ways in the Hebrew Bible:
2136:Maimonides, end of introduction to Seder Taharoth
1428:and a prohibition on sexual relations during the
1049:). This was also one of the criteria for being a
634:("purity"), also known as "impurity of the body".
1545:, Japanese for state of pollution and defilement
989:. As an example, it is not only permitted but a
1033:encouraged eating only pure food at all times.
376:is by the person or object being immersed in a
1021:(consuming food and drink that did not become
927:("purities"), to the laws of ritual impurity.
382:(ritual bath). This concept is connected with
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1448:. The liberal view held that the concepts of
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458:form of the verb "to become impure"; in the
388:ritual purification in other world religions
261:, defining what is ritually impure or pure:
1413:impure. These rules are still practiced in
1143:procedure and in certain procedures of the
762:A priest who performs certain roles in the
315:, meaning "impurity", describes a state of
238:in terms of Kosher animal consumption, see
186:Prohibition of Kohen defilement by the dead
1456:are not relevant outside the context of a
1101:- a living person who has touched a corpse
1089:(grandfather of impurity) - a human corpse
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2436:A History of the Mishnaic Law of Purities
1366:waters can have a status similar to this.
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1195:Subsidiary types of Av Hatumah include:
593:, "impure") is much more common.
1622:Michael Katz (Rabbi), Gershon Schwartz
1555:
1324:A person's hands are always considered
585:) from the land", the adjective
41:
2469:Hebrew words and phrases in Jewish law
1107:- the dead body of a swarming animal (
963:, each priest was required to be in a
734:A house which has been diagnosed with
372:. The most common method of achieving
1672:R. David Zvi Hoffmann, Leviticus 11:1
1434:Committee on Jewish Law and Standards
1126:- human semen which has left the body
725:A person who has been diagnosed with
319:. A person or object which contracts
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7:
1674:); his term for "moral impurity" is
679:The Torah, particularly the book of
2438:. Leiden: E. J. Brill. Part I–XXII.
2206:on Leviticus 22:3 minor Chap. 66. b
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1318:Food or drink which has touched a
1198:A person who had relations with a
1037:considered this to be implicit in
658:or lacks any prefix at all, while
257:, there is a category of specific
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2194:Maimonides Chap. 13 of Tractate
2125:Journal for the Study of Judaism
1670:, introduction to Leviticus 11 (
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1409:, and rules forbidding making a
1139:People who were involved in the
1132:- water into which ashes of the
871:Delivering one's child to Moloch
711:(creeping animals). A vessel or
675:Activities which create impurity
462:to "defile oneself"; and in the
311:, respectively. The Hebrew noun
52:
2398:Hilchot Shear Avot Hatumot 11:4
2185:, commentary to Leviticus 11:33
738:is impure, as are its contents.
576:is used around 40 times in the
446:) derives from the verb
401:were generally followed by the
2200:Meir Leibush ben Yehiel Michal
1185:- a person who has contracted
939:in later rabbinic literature.
356:) describes a state of
1:
1472:today), found the concept of
1299:(first level of impurity) or
778:Implications of impure status
246:ritual for the deceased, see
2298:Encyclopedia Talmudit: Haver
2276:, Hilchot Tumat Ochlin 16:12
1315:(second level of impurity):
1045:, meaning "separated" (from
747:), or a menstruating woman (
348:The contrasting Hebrew noun
309:ritually "impure" and "pure"
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1216:(mother after giving birth)
1006:in northern Ethiopia, 1976.
527:is sometimes translated as
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2332:Menachem Mendel Schneerson
2112:Harvard Theological Review
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975:The mainstream view among
412:, particularly during the
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43:Ritual purity in Judaism
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822:) status. For example:
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248:Bereavement in Judaism
1078:Hierarchy of impurity
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971:Mandatory or optional
619:In general, the term
513:Samson Raphael Hirsch
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37:series of articles on
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1649:HaTorah VeHaMitzvah
1592:Brown Driver Briggs
1371:Impurity of scrolls
1072:Menachem Schneerson
1012:temple in Jerusalem
875:Murder/manslaughter
604:), the verb
473:(טָמֵא), "impure".
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145:Sources of Impurity
2158:Martin L. Gordon,
1981:Genesis 34:5,13,27
1929:2 Kings 23:8,10,13
1821:Numbers 19:7,10,21
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1777:Leviticus 14:36–47
1744:Leviticus 11:32–33
1733:Leviticus 11:29–30
1722:Leviticus 11:24–40
1668:David Tzvi Hoffman
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2313:Menachem Recanati
2053:Deuteronomy 21:23
1937:2 Chronicles 34:5
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